Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Reducing Odorous Air Contaminants in Metro Vancouver

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Many people don’t know that the Metro Vancouver Regional District is responsible for regulating air quality in our region. T...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

7 Air Quality Warning Days in Metro Vancouver This Year

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The Metro Vancouver Regional District is responsible for air quality in our region. As part of this responsibility, the Regional Distri...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Overdose Awareness Day in Douglas Park on Sunday

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If you walk through Douglas Park, you’ll notice little purple flags. These flags denote the lives lost due to overdoses in Langle...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Our Air is Cleaner Than Ever, Saving Lifes

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Sometimes, it seems that all we get is bad news regarding the environment, but there is a lot of good work going on, such as clea...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Right to Cool in Apartments and Townhouses

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We have been getting more extreme heat events over the last several years. The Metro Vancouver heat dome in 2021, when over 600 p...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Preparing for Wildfire Smoke Season, Taking Care of Your Health

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It is still winter, so you might wonder why I'm writing a post about wildfire smoke season. It is always better to be prepared than...
Monday, January 13, 2025

A Video Series on Homelessness: A Fragemented System

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People experiencing homelessness has always been a concern, now more than ever. I put together a video series to answer some of the com...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Metro Vancouver Looking To Tighten Air Quality Regs. Smog Increasing.

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The Metro Vancouver Regional District has delegated authority from the provincial government to regulate air quality in our region. The...
Monday, November 4, 2024

Low Number of Air Quality Advisories this Summer. Wood-Burning Fireplace Regulation.

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Since about 2015, there has been a marked increase in the number of summer air quality advisories in the Fraser Valley airshed (from th...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Stay Informed this Summer With Air Quality Advisory Updates

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With summer upon us, we are entering the air quality advisory season. Climate change has caused an increasing frequency and severity of...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Up Sh*t Creek: Pet Waste Killing Life in Langley City Waterways

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Nothing is more annoying than stepping in dog waste that an irresponsible owner didn't pick up, and in every neighbourhood, there a...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Bring Hope to Local Governments: 8-Years of the Toxic Drug Public Health Emergency

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In a month, British Columbia will be into year eight of the toxic drug public health emergency. You or somebody you know has likely bee...
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

The Healthy Social Environments Framework: Applying it to the Toxic Drug Crisis

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A few weeks ago, I attended a conference the BC CDC-funded Community Action Initiative put on. The conference was centred on address...
Monday, November 14, 2022

We Need a New Approach: Unregulated Drug Poisoning, Pharmacies, and Drug Checking

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Death caused by using unregulated and illicit drugs is still high in BC and the Fraser Health service area, including Langley City, ...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Air Quality Advisories Trending Up in Metro Vancouver

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The Metro Vancouver Regional District recently released a chart showing the number of air quality advisories issued per year over the l...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

2021 Caring for the Air Report – Metro Vancouver Air Quality Improving

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The Metro Vancouver Regional District is responsible for managing air quality in the Lower Mainland. The regional district has pr...
Monday, June 6, 2022

Toxic Drugs, Affordable Housing, Climate Change, and Mental Health Services are Canada-wide Challenges

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The annual Federation of Canadian Municapilies (FCM) conference wrapped up yesterday. It started on June 2nd and took place in Re...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Impact of Noise on Health is Real – What Can Municipalities Do?

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For about 15 years, I lived in an apartment that backed onto the floodplain. While I wasn’t shielded from all sounds from 53rd Av...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Living Well in Langley – A five-year poverty reduction action plan

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The federal and provincial governments have created poverty reduction plans. Because local governments are best positioned to adv...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

April 28th: Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured

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Langley City Council received a presentation from the New Westminster & District Labour Council about the Day of Mourning ...